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Mackay tips Academy to stay in the title race

26 October 2012
Mackay tips Academy to stay in the title race

Mackay tips Academy to stay in the title race

26 October 2012

SAM Mackay is taking nothing for granted when Wick Academy travel the West Highland Way to visit a team which they scored against 11 times in two league…


Pension office sell-off hailed as boost to economy

26 October 2012
Pension office sell-off hailed as boost to economy

Pension office sell-off hailed as boost to economy

26 October 2012

THE sale of a Caithness based pensions firm will result in more quality jobs being created in the county and is a major opportunity to promote the county…


Ellie defies odds to achieve dream

24 October 2012
Ellie defies odds to achieve dream

Ellie defies odds to achieve dream

24 October 2012

THE mother of a disabled Caithness girl who has spent her whole life in a wheelchair has paid tribute to a martial arts teacher for giving her daughter…


Biggest ever local entry at Dunoon Mod

12 October 2012
Biggest ever local entry at Dunoon Mod

Biggest ever local entry at Dunoon Mod

12 October 2012

CAITHNESS is set to see its biggest-ever representation at a festival which celebrates the music and culture of Scots Gaelic with entries said to have…


Pupils switch to mobile apps

12 October 2012
Pupils switch to mobile apps

Pupils switch to mobile apps

12 October 2012

STUDENTS at Wick High have become among the first in Scotland to take part in an initiative which challenges teenagers to come up with ideas for digital…


Small-scale turbine plan being ‘slipped under the radar’

12 October 2012
Small-scale turbine plan being ‘slipped under the radar’

Small-scale turbine plan being ‘slipped under the radar’

12 October 2012

HIGHLAND Council planners have been accused of trying to slip small-scale wind farms under the radar in an effort to meet Scottish Government targets…


Caithness economy ahead of rest of UK, says Cable

05 October 2012
Caithness economy ahead of rest of UK, says Cable

Caithness economy ahead of rest of UK, says Cable

05 October 2012

CAITHNESS is ahead of the rest of the country in terms of meeting the demands of a changing economic climate.


Cut on the cards in sweep for radioactive particles

05 October 2012
Cut on the cards in sweep for radioactive particles

Cut on the cards in sweep for radioactive particles

05 October 2012

MONITORING for radioactive particles on beaches in Caithness could be reduced if recommendations by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency are given…


Health chiefs urged to do what’s best for patients

03 October 2012
Health chiefs urged to do what’s best for patients

Health chiefs urged to do what’s best for patients

03 October 2012

HEALTH chiefs need to recognise what the real healthcare needs of Caithness are before making any decisions to change services that will affect patients.


Injured fisherman returns to work

03 October 2012
Injured fisherman returns to work

Injured fisherman returns to work

03 October 2012

A FISHERMAN who was feared to have suffered serious injury when he was involved in an accident while at sea is understood to have gone back to work.


Insider claims Dounreay cops are close to ‘breaking point’

03 October 2012
Insider claims Dounreay cops are close to ‘breaking point’

Insider claims Dounreay cops are close to ‘breaking point’

03 October 2012

NUCLEAR police officers at Dounreay are on the verge of suffering from stress-related breakdowns amid claims that they are being overworked with little…


Restored Thrumster station on track for new future

03 October 2012
Restored Thrumster station on track for new future

Restored Thrumster station on track for new future

03 October 2012

Yarrows Heritage Trust officially opened the Thrumster Railway Station, which is located on the former Wick to Lybster line, on Friday.


Wick suffer cup heartache with last-gasp penalty

03 October 2012
Wick suffer cup heartache with last-gasp penalty

Wick suffer cup heartache with last-gasp penalty

03 October 2012

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Work gets under way on Thurso distillery

03 October 2012
Work gets under way on Thurso distillery

Work gets under way on Thurso distillery

03 October 2012

Wolfburn Distillery is expected to be in operation by the start of next year, with its first bottles of whisky likely to be on the market by 2016.


Copywriters should’ve gone to Specsavers

28 September 2012
Copywriters should’ve gone to Specsavers

Copywriters should’ve gone to Specsavers

28 September 2012

SPECSAVERS might want to take its own advice given in its famous slogan after claiming two north towns were islands.


OAP blasts sheltered housing shake-up

28 September 2012
OAP blasts sheltered housing shake-up

OAP blasts sheltered housing shake-up

28 September 2012

RESIDENTS at Tom Matheson Court in Thurso feel they have been let down by their housing association after it reclassed its sheltered housing accommodation…


Thurso artist realises her dream in US

28 September 2012
Thurso artist realises her dream in US

Thurso artist realises her dream in US

28 September 2012

AFTER leaving Scotland for the Big Apple almost 20 years ago, a Thurso artist is set have to her work displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington…


Wick Academy aiming to make club history in Scottish Cup

28 September 2012
Wick Academy aiming to make club history in Scottish Cup

Wick Academy aiming to make club history in Scottish Cup

28 September 2012

In what will be the longest away trip of the Scottish Cup second round, Wick Academy will be hoping to beat SFL opposition for the first time when they…


Wick look to defend Fortress Harmsworth

21 September 2012
Wick look to defend Fortress Harmsworth

Wick look to defend Fortress Harmsworth

21 September 2012

IT has been almost 12 months since Wick Academy were defeated in a league game at home when they lost comprehensively 3-1 to Fraserburgh last October.


Dounreay operators pull out of charity fund

21 September 2012
Dounreay operators pull out of charity fund

Dounreay operators pull out of charity fund

21 September 2012

AN initiative which provided up to £30,000 a year for good causes has been axed by Dounreay’s new operator which claims it is putting all…


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